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Protecting Closed-End Investment Companies under Maryland Law

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Closed-end investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), have proven to be a product sought by many investors, especially individuals. Despite their appeal to long-term...more

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Recent Court Rulings Shape Strategies for Closed-End Funds in Shareholder Activism Context

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Recent decisions from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York have brought attention to anti-takeover strategies employed by registered closed-end...more

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Goodwin REIT Alert: Trends in REIT M&A (2022-2023)

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In our 2022 alert “REIT M&A Trends Through the Pandemic,” we cataloged a total of 42 new REIT transactions announced between August 2020 and May 2022, a pace that rivaled or exceeded pre-pandemic levels. From May 2022 through...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Delaware Supreme Court Reverses the Court of Chancery and Upholds the Enforceability of Clear and Unambiguous Advance Notice Bylaw...

On January 13, 2020, the Delaware Supreme Court issued an opinion addressing deadlines and supplemental information requirements under advance notice bylaws. In the opinion, BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust v. Saba...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Top 10 Topics for Directors in 2018

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - 1. Cybersecurity threats. Cybersecurity preparedness is essential in 2018 as the risk of, and associated adverse impact of, breaches continue to rise. The past year redefined the upward bounds of the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Bank Shareholders Step Up Activist Efforts as M&A Activity Picks Up"

Bank management teams and boards of directors have made shareholder activism a key area of focus in light of significant activity in 2015. With the bank M&A market showing signs of life, the most basic end-game of investor...more

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Latest H-S-R Act Enforcement Is a Cautionary Tale for Minority Investors

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Generally speaking, stock purchases which will cause an investor to hold more than $76.3 million of the target’s voting securities may require a pre-closing notification under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (“H-S-R”) Act. But there...more

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